It is real - bodybuilding is tough. And if you are an ectomorph it's doubly hard. Not such a lot as you have to work more challenging and smarter (although to some extend, it is true), but mostly because you won't have as many "hurray" moments as the mesomorph of yours as well as endomorph counterparts. Simply put, you'll workout hard, however, you won't see the outcomes. Or at least, the pictures of yours of' ectomorph before and after' will probably show only marginal results.